MORNING! The mayoral election in Hoboken isn’t until next year, but the back-and-forth is already heating up. Someone left flyers blasting Mayor Dawn Zimmer on cars near the waterfront at the beginning of the week. See briefs for more info.

Midwife charged in connection with home birth in Hoboken after infant dies

HOBOKEN – A newborn baby who was delivered at a Garden Street home in Hoboken on Tuesday died that day, and now, the midwife who assisted in the delivery has been charged with practicing medicine without a license.

The 31-year-old woman appeared in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City on Friday. She lives in Warren County, according to NJ.com.

According to the story, she was charged with being involved with the practice of medicine while her midwifery license was suspended or revoked.

It is not known for sure whether the child was stillborn or died after birth. An autopsy is being conducted.

The child was a breech birth, according to the story.

A midwife is someone who assists a woman during her pregnancy, and can also help during the delivery and afterward.

Umpire classes offered in JC

JERSEY CITY – Hudson County Baseball Umpires Association will hold cadet classes for anyone interested in becoming a certified high school baseball and/or softball umpire. Classes start Monday, Jan. 7 through March in Jersey City.

For information, contact Mike Lynch at (201) 437-3381 or email killtheump@aol.com. You can also contact Gene Klumpp, Sr. at (201) 563-0704.

HOBOKEN – It’s starting already. The Hoboken mayor/council election isn’t until 2013, but apparently, the midnight flyers have only just begun.

Midnight flyers are unsigned campaign materials that are left on cars or slipped under doors overnight, often to prevent scrutiny and often just before an election.

New Jersey election law says that campaign advertisements must say on the materials who paid for them, and these do not, although it’s unknown for now whether these were paid for by a campaign fund or just copies made by a resident or activist.

This morning, photocopied flyers were found under the windshield wipers of parked cars near the waterfront. The flyers take issue with a possible consulting job to be given to Ian Sacs, the city’s director of parking and transportation, who is leaving the post on Oct. 15 and moving to Europe.

City officials have said that Sacs has agreed to help with the transition to a new director, but that there are no terms in place for a consulting contract right now.

City spokesman Juan Melli said that Sacs agreed to "assist with completing major ongoing projects on a consulting basis." No contract has been given or decided upon, and no decision has been made as of yet, he said.

The flyers say, "If you quit your job and moved to Europe, would your boss keep you on the payroll? Dawn Zimmer would!" At the bottom, they say, "Tell Zimmer to stop taking care of her friends and worry about parking!"